Belgrade Youth Fair

What Belgrade Youth Fair does

Belgrade Youth Fair is a private, for-profit event organizer founded in 2014 in Belgrade, Serbia, that produces the largest annual career fair in the Western Balkans region. The company operates an event-driven platform centered on a two-day career fair held at Cineplexx Ušće Shopping Center in Belgrade, combining an expo of employer booths with an HR conference, employer branding activities, interview simulations, professional CV photography, career counseling, CV clinics, and lectures/workshops. The 11th edition in April 2025 attracted nearly 7,000 young attendees, up from approximately 5,000 in 2022-2023 and 6,000 in 2024, with the 12th edition in April 2026 described as the largest to date.

The business serves two primary customer segments: young job seekers (students and recent graduates) who attend free of charge and receive certificates for conference participation, and corporate employers — including NCR Voyix, JTI, Hemofarm, PwC, PepsiCo, Lidl, IKEA, UniCredit, Carlsberg, and BAT — who pay to participate as exhibitors and sponsors. Revenue is generated through employer participation fees and sponsorship/partnership packages, while a content-marketing blog and social media channels (Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok) drive year-round audience engagement. The organization does not develop proprietary technology products; its platform is the physical event itself, supported by a website-based registration flow and an active blog providing career advice.

Name

Belgrade Youth Fair

Legal name

Belgrade Youth Fair

Website

https://youthfair.rs

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Belgrade Youth Fair organizes Serbia's largest annual career fair and HR conference, connecting students and recent graduates with major employers through a two-day event at Cineplexx Ušće in Belgrade, monetized via employer exhibitor fees and sponsorships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Career Fair Events

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAHABAD

Professional & Certification Expos Organizers

Travel & Hospitality/MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions)/Exhibition & Trade Show Organizers

Keywords

• Career fair events
• Recruitment events
• Youth career services
• HR conference organizing
• Job fair organizing

Headquarters

HQ city

Belgrade

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Employer Participation Fees: Companies pay to participate as exhibitors at the career fair, setting up interactive booths to recruit job seekers and promote employer branding activities.
2. Sponsorship and Partnership Packages: Companies can become sponsors or partners of the event, gaining enhanced visibility and promotional opportunities during the fair.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Belgrade Youth Fair organizes an annual two-day career fair in Belgrade, Serbia, bringing together students and recent graduates with employers through interactive exhibition booths, an HR conference program, interview simulations, professional CV photography, career counseling, lectures, and workshops. Employers pay to participate as exhibitors and sponsors, while student and graduate attendees register and attend for free and receive certificates for conference participation. The organization also runs a year-round career advice blog and online job/internship listings supporting young professionals between fair editions.

Product overview

Belgrade Youth Fair is a career event platform that organizes the largest career fair in the region, bringing together young job seekers with top employers. The offering consists of a core annual event (Belgrade Youth Fair) combining an HR Conference for Youth with interactive employer booths, practice and job listings, and various employer branding activities. Additional services include interview simulations, professional CV photography, career counseling, CV clinic, knowledge quizzes, and free certificates for conference participation. The platform also maintains a career advice blog providing ongoing guidance to young professionals throughout the year.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Belgrade Youth Fair Event

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 7000 young people attended in 2025
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers28 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• e-fellows.net: Operates one of the largest career fairs for students and graduates in Germany (e-fellows.net LL.M. day and Karriere-Kongress). Directly comparable as a student-targeted career fair with employer booths, conference programming, and employer branding activities.
• Universum: Global employer branding and talent insights company that operates career events, awards, and competitions targeting students and graduates. Highly comparable to BYF in the niche of youth-focused career marketing and employer branding events.
• Salon de l'étudiant: Long-running French student fair organizer that connects high-school and university students with higher-education institutions and employers. Directly comparable in the youth-focused career and education fair category.
• Studyrama: French organizer of student and graduate career fairs, salons, and conferences (Salons Studyrama). Mirrors BYF's model of combining an expo floor with conference content and employer branding for young job seekers.

Regional players

• Infostud: Leading Serbian job board and recruitment platform that also runs career events and employer branding activities in Serbia. A direct regional comparable — both serve the same employers and candidates, with Infostud adding a digital/online component BYF lacks.

Emerging players

• Academic Work: Nordic-based staffing and student recruitment firm that places young professionals and graduates into internships and entry-level roles. Comparable as a youth-focused talent intermediary that competes with BYF for both candidate attention and employer recruitment budgets.
• Jobberman: Leading online recruitment platform in emerging African markets that also runs in-person career fairs and employer events. Comparable as an emerging-market player combining digital recruitment with physical career events targeting young job seekers.

Broad incumbents

• Reed Exhibitions: One of the world's largest event organizers, operating numerous career, education, and recruitment-oriented exhibitions globally. A broad incumbent that demonstrates the scalable ceiling of the B2B event category BYF operates in.
• Hannover Messe: Major German trade fair organizer that runs career and young-talent events tied to its industry exhibitions. Comparable as a broad incumbent event organizer that integrates career/youth programming into a wider event portfolio.
• Easyfairs: European event organizer operating 200+ B2B events including recruitment and people-management focused fairs. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the events space that could expand into BYF's niche.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BelgradeYouthFair
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/belgrade-youth-fair
• Instagraminstagram.com/belgrade_youth_fair
• TikToktiktok.com/@career_talks
• Xx.com/BGYouthFair

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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